Vanessa Bayer

Quick Facts

PUBLISHED24 Aug, 2017

At the age of 35, Vanessa Bayer is a comedian who is one of the longest-serving female staff of snl (Saturday Night Live). She was active from the years 2010-2017.

Personal life

Vanessa Bayer is a renowned American female actor who, as stated earlier, has been a female cast member of Saturday Night Live for over seven years. Born on 14th of November, 1981, Bayer is famous for her humor, wit and comedy. She was born in Orange, Ohio to parents, Todd Bayer and Carolyn. She was raised in her birth city itself where she went on to attend Orange High School. After graduating from school, Bayer opted for higher studies and hence, she majored in communications and French from University of Pennsylvania.

Growing up wasn’t very easy for Vanessa. She was diagnosed with leukemia but in spite of being diseased, Vanessa was always quite passionate about her job and she has always shown keen interest in acting, dancing and singing. Despite the odds stacked against her, Vanessa got a opportunity to intern on the television show ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’. After gaining experience from her internships, Vanessa was invited to work with the cast of ‘Bloomers’. She also appeared in ‘Off the Cuff’ which was a comedy act based in Chicago.

Vanessa doesn’t have a boyfriend and there are also no rumors regarding such things. As far as her siblings are concerned, she does have a two year older brother Jonah Bayer. She goes by the username @vanessabayer on instagram where she has 215k followers. She has the same username for twitter where she has 153k followers. Vanessa’s hard work and dedication towards her work has helped her net worth reach $1 million.

Career

Vanessa is quite a popular and beautiful face of America’s entertainment industry. She has done a number of movies and tv shows. Currently, she is collaborating with her elder brother Jonah on the web series named ‘Sound Advice’. In this series, Vanessa stars as a media coach who can be seen helping popular musicians in changing their image.

She was also part of an all-Jewish cast of Second City’s show named ‘Jewsical: The Musical’ which was a show that portrayed Jewish culture in a comedic dimension. She was excessively lauded for her improvisational comedy at ImprovOlympic. Her other praiseworthy role was in the comedy film ‘Carrie Pilby’ and also the Office Christmas party.

Vanessa joined the Saturday Night Live cast as a featured player on 25th of September, 2010. She was promoted to the repertory status during the commencement of 2012-13 season. She was acclaimed as “one of the best members of the band” by HitFix. In the year 2014, she got nominated for a comedy Award for her marvelous work on the show. After Nasim Pedrad departed from the cast of Saturday Night Live, Vanessa became the longest serving female member of the entire cast.